<h1>Reserve Stock for a Limited Time</h1>
<p>The <strong>Reserve Stock</strong> extension for WooCommerce enables you to temporarily reduce stock when a product is added to the Cart. Using rule-based management, you can enable reserving stock for selected products, categories, and user roles. You can also set a limit for the time an item is reserved.</p>
<p>Once a reserve time is complete, the product will be automatically removed from the Cart. The reserved stock will be released. You can communicate stock statuses to customers with customizable messages about the current reserved stock count, reserve time, and more.</p>
<p>It’s a must-have extension for merchants selling rare products and those who want to avoid orders above their current stock quantity. By showing a stock reserve count and timer, you can create urgency, so customers purchase quickly.</p>
<h2><strong>Features</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>When you add a product to the Cart, stock quantities are reduced or reserved</li>
<li>Rule-based management enables reserving stock for specific products, categories, and user roles</li>
<li>Allow customers to reserve stock for a limited time</li>
<li>Show a timer on the cart page to keep your customer informed</li>
<li>Automatically removes the products from carts when the reserve timer runs out</li>
<li>Displays a reserved stock count and a timer on product and shop pages</li>
<li>Customize reserve stock messages as per your business needs</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Frontend working flow</strong></p>
<p>The extension interacts with your customers to keep them informed of the stock reserve status and waiting time if all stock is reserved. You can customize these messages in General settings.</p>
<p><strong>Create multiple stock reserve rules:</strong></p>
<p>You can create multiple rules to add different stock reserve settings for various products, categories, and user roles.</p>
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<h3><strong>Create multiple stock reserve rules</strong></h3>
<p>You can create multiple rules to add different stock reserve settings for various products, categories, and user roles.</p>
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<p>While creating a new stock reserve rule, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable for all or specific user roles</li>
<li>Apply it to specific products and categories</li>
<li>Customize stock reserve time in minutes or hours</li>
</ul>
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<h3><strong>Customize stock messages</strong></h3>
<p>The extension includes multiple customizable stock-related messages to keep your customers informed and avoid bad user experiences.</p>
<ul>
<li>General stock reserve message</li>
<li>Reserved timer displayed on the Cart page</li>
<li>When some stock is reserved</li>
<li>When the entire stock is reserved</li>
<li>When a customer removes an item from the Cart when time expires</li>
<li>Error messages on add-to-cart when stock is reserved</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.2</p>

Reserve Stock

<p>Reserve inventory for a limited time, for customers with items in their carts, with the Reserve Stock for WooCommerce extension.</p>

<h2>Predict customer demand and optimize your inventory</h2>
<p>Shelf Planner’s <strong>Inventory Management for WooCommerce</strong> solves a retailer’s costliest problem: accurately predicting customers’ daily demand for products. It offers a plug-and-play forecasting engine that helps you optimize your inventory, improve your margins and sell-through, and reduce waste.</p>
<p>Inventory Management for WooCommerce analyses your store’s performance and creates a live order recommendation for every product every day of the week. With this extension, independent retailers and manufacturers can access forecasting algorithms (created with machine learning) like those that enterprise-level companies use.</p>
<p>It’s the first and only extension that uses advanced demand and sales forecasting. Get rid of your spreadsheets, increase profits, and save time buying inventory.</p>
<p><strong>Don’t manage your inventory — optimize it!</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004179667 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Inventory-Management-for-WooCommerce.png" alt="A fully integrated Inventory Management Solution for WooCommerce. Beautiful." width="3300" height="1998" /></p>
<h2>Automate inventory replenishment</h2>
<p>Manual inventory management is time-consuming and error-prone.</p>
<p>Shelf Planner automates the entire replenishment process, generating <strong>ready-to-send purchase orders</strong> based on your suppliers’ lead times and your store’s sales trends. You can review and approve orders in seconds, or let the system handle it for you. With Shelf Planner, you can save <strong>5–10 hours per week</strong> on mind-numbing, manual re-ordering, so you can focus on growing your business instead of managing spreadsheets.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004179655 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Real-Time-Order-Proposals.png" alt="Combine real-time consumer demand data with smart algorithms to predict which items to order, at the right time." width="3300" height="1856" /></p>
<h2>Simplify sourcing and production with Bill of Materials (BOM)</h2>
<p>Tracking components for assembled products shouldn’t be complicated.</p>
<p>Shelf Planner’s <strong>Bill of Materials (BOM)</strong> automatically links finished goods to their parts, so you always know what’s needed and when.</p>
<p>Define component relationships, track usage in real time, and let the system handle reordering. No more manual calculations or stockouts, just smoother production and fewer headaches.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734005887313" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005887313" style="width: 1279px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class=" wp-image-18734005887313" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Create-a-Bill-of-Material.png" alt="Create a Bill of Material and manage all materials, kits and components in one place. Smooth." width="1279" height="1192" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005887313" class="wp-caption-text">Create a Bill of Material and manage all materials, kits and components in one place. Smooth.</figcaption></figure>
<h2>Optimize your assortment</h2>
<p>Not all products contribute equally to your profits.</p>
<p>Shelf Planner’s <strong>ABC Analysis</strong> identifies your top-performing items (the 20% driving 80% of your revenue) and helps you prioritize them. You’ll see which products to stock more of, which to phase out, and how to balance your inventory for <strong>maximum sell-through and profitability</strong>. This data-driven approach ensures you’re always investing in what matters most.</p>
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<h2>Automate your purchasing process</h2>
<p>Shelf Planner lets you store all your supplier information such as lead times, payment terms, and order history in one place.</p>
<p>When it’s time to reorder, the system <strong>automatically generates purchase orders</span></strong> tailored to each supplier’s requirements. This eliminates manual errors, speeds up ordering, and ensures you never miss a delivery deadline.</p>
<p>Plus, you can place orders directly from the program, making your entire buying process faster and more efficient. Nice.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005886920 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Set-Up-Suppliers-and-Place-Orders-1.png" alt="Set up and Manage all your suppliers and relevant information, such as lead times, payment terms and delivery terms." width="3300" height="3075" /></p>
<h3>How does it work?</h3>
<p>Using machine learning and advanced forecasting logic, <strong>Inventory Management for WooCommerce</strong> predicts and recommends how much to order for all products every day of the week.</p>
<h3>Sales go up</h3>
<p>Understock situations lead to missed sales opportunities. With smart inventory practices, you can keep products in stock and increase sales opportunities.</p>
<h3>Profits go up</h3>
<p>Overstock situations reduce profits if they cause product values to fall and force markdowns and clearances. Avoiding overstock situations and selling products at optimal prices increases your net margin.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Inventory management</li>
<li>Demand forecasting</li>
<li>Automatic replenishment</li>
<li>Dependent Demand for Materials and Components</li>
<li>Bill of Materials (BOM)</li>
<li>ABC Analysis</li>
<li>Advanced performance reports</li>
<li>Purchase Order management</li>
<li>Supplier management</li>
<li>Net & Gross Profit Reports</li>
<li>Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)</li>
<li>Lead Times</li>
<li>Just In Time (JIT) Replenishment</li>
<li>…and much more</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

Inventory Management

<p>Optimize your inventory, predict customer demand, automate stock replenishment, and manage purchase orders.</p>

Reserve Stock vs Inventory Management